Floor and wall connection for railway-cars.



W. 1. BOA.

FLOOR AND WALL CONNECTION FOB RAILWAY CARS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 1B. 1915.

NQMJYQQ Patented May1,1917.

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A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

Specification oi. Letters Patent.

Patented May i, 191?.

Application filed November 18, 1915. v Serial No. 62,081.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM ROA, a citizen of the United States, resldlng at St. Louis, Missouri, have invented a certain a new and useful Improvement in Floor and Wall Connections for Railway-Cars, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to .the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates generally tov the coinbination of railway cars and particularly those-cars which are utilized for carrying grain, the principal object'of my invention being to provide a comparatively simple and effective joint or connection between the side wall and floor of the car, which joint or connection in addition to bein weather and dust proof, will be effective in preventing the leakage of grain, even though the floorin and lower portion of the side wall sheathmg tend to spread apart or separate as a result of shrinkage of the wood, or by reason of service strains.

. The flooring and side wall sheathing of grain carrying cars'are usually constructed of comparatively thick lumber and when the same dries out there is a tendency of the wood to shrink, thereby opening the joint between said flooring and wall sheathing, which action permits leakage of grain through the open joint, and this loss is chargeable to the railway or transportation company owning the car. In some instances,

metal joint members have been utilized between the flooring and side wall sheathing, but such construction is objectionable for the reason that the moisture which collects upon the metal joint member is injurious to a considerable portion of the grain forming the lading of the car or that portion which occupies the corner between the flooring and wall sheathing.

I propose to overcome the objectionable results just noted, by providing a member which, in addition to serving as the side sill of the cur underframe and a support for the ends of the floor boards and the wall sheathing, provides means which cooperate with the lower portion of the sheathing to form an effective grain tight and dust and moisture proof joint between said sheathing and teriorly of the sheathin and at a point where it cannot contact with the grain formmg the lading of the car.

A- further' object of my invention is to provide a grain tight and dust and moisture proof joint between the lower portion of the wall sheathing and the car flooring which will permit the ready removal of the floor boards, without disturbing the wall sheathing and which joint can be formed without the necessity of rabbeting or groovmg the lower sheathingmem-ber or the floor boards.

A further object of my invention is to provide the side sill member with an upstanding flange of substantial width, the same not only serving to prevent the lower member of the side wall from bulging outwardly from the sill between the framing members, but providing ample riveting area for the framing members, thereby avoiding the necessity of providing extra gusset plate connections and the expense incident to the use thereof. By my improved construction it is possible to utilize a comparatively thin wall member between the upstanding flange on the side sill and the ends of the fioor boards, thus avoiding the necessity of rabbeting the lower one of the wall boards and permitting the outer face of the side sill and the outer faces of the side wall members abovethe comparatively thin lower wall member to lie flush with the inner faces of the framing members.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which..

beam contemplated by my invention and which serves as a combined side sill and joint forming member.

Fig. 2 is a detail section taken vertically through the lower corner of a car and showing the joint between the floor and sheathing as contemplated by my invention.

Fig. 3 is a side elevational view of a portion of the combined side sill and joint forming member contemplated 'by my invention and showing the lower portion of a side post connected thereto. a

Fig. 4 is a sectional View of the side sill and joint forming member, said view being 10 and substantially parallel top and bottom flanges 11. This channel-shaped member serves as' the side sill of the car under- 10 frame and when properly positioned, the

flanges 11 are inwardly presented as seen in Fig. 2.

Formed integral with the top of the 8111 member and preferably in alinement with the web lOis an upstanding flange 12, the same being several mches in height so as to provide a broad substantial bearing for the lower one of the wall members. This flange with the upper one of the flanges 11 forms an angle at the top of the side sill and said angle in addition to serving as a support for the ends of the floor boards and the wall sheathing, combines therewith to form a grain tight'and dust and moisture proof oint. The wall sheathing 13 is of the usual matched tongue and groove type and the lower one 13" of the sheathing members or the inner faces of the side framing members lie flush with or directly against the outer faces of said web 10, flange 12 and the comparatively thick wall members 13 positioned above the lowermost thin wall members 13. The ends of the floor boards 14 rest on top of the upper one of the flanges 11 and bear directly against the inner face of the lower one 13 of the sheathing members, said floor boards being secured to said upper flange in any suitable manner, preferably by means of bolts 15.

By utilizing a comparatively thin wall member at the bottom of the wall, the necessity of rabbeting one of the comparatively thick wall members is avoided.

At the side door of the car the upstandingflange 12 is slotted vertically at points adjacent to the door posts and that portion of the flange between said slots is bent downward into a substantially horizontal plane c designated by 12 in Fig. 4, thus forming a support for the extended ends of the floor boards.

.- The usual cross bearers 16 lie beneath and are fixed to the lower portions of sills 10 in any suitable manner, preferably by means of rivets 16, and the usual side posts 17 are secured to the sills 10, and flanges 12 by of the usual side wall braces 18 are secured to the sill 10 and flange 12 in'any suitable manner, preferably by means of rivets 18. The top' flange of the sill member and the up-standing flange 12 combine to form an externally arranged angle at the corner between the car flooring and side wall sheathing and in addition to supporting said parts and holding same in proper relative positions, serves to prevent the ingress of moisture and dust, and likewise the egress of grain in the event that the flooring and sheathing tend to shrink awa from each other due to drying out or in t e event that said parts are pulled apart as a result of service strains due to vibration, shifting loads, and the like.

Inasmuch as the upper one of the flan es I 11 andflange 12 are externally located with respect to the flooring and wall sheathing, the grain forming the lading of the car cannot come in contact with said flanges, and, therefore, said grain will not be affected by moisture which' under certain atmospheric conditions collects on exposed metal.

A combined sill joint forming member of my improved construction is comparatively simple, serves as asupport andprotection for the ends of the floor boards and the lower one of the sheathing members of the wall, and combines with said parts to form a grain-tight, and moisture and dust proof oint.

The comparatively wide flange 12 provides am le rivetin area for the side framing mem ers, there y doing away with the necessity of providing extra gusset plates or the like and said side flanges also maintains the comparatively thin lower wall member 13 in position against the ends of the floor boards 14 and efl'ectivel prevents said lower wall member from bu glng outwardly between the framing members;

It will be readlly understood that minor changes in the size, form and construction of the various parts of"my improveddevice can be made and substituted for those herein shown and described, without departing from the spirit of my invention, the scope of which is set forth in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In car construction the combination with a sill member having a wide upstanding flange formed integral with its upper outer corner, of floorin supported by the upper portion of said si member, and wall sheathing, the lower member of which is thinner than the upper members and is interposed between the edge of the flooring and said up-standing flange.

2. In car construction, the combination with a sill member having a wide up-standing flange formed integral at its upper outer corner, and wall sheathing, the lower member of which is thinner than the upper members and bears on said sill member and against the up-standing flange thereon.

3. In car construction, thecombination with a sill member having a wide up-standing flange formed integral at its upper outer corner, wall sheathing, the lower member of which is thinner than the upper members and bears on said sill member and against the up standing flange thereon, and car flooring supported by said sill member with the edge of said flooring terminating adjacent to the inner face of the wall sheathing.

4. In car) construction, the combination with a sill member having a wide up-standing flange formed integral at its upper outer corner, wall sheathing, the lowermember of which is thinner than the upper members" and bears on said sill member and against the upstanding flange thereon, and car flooring supported by and fixed to said sill member with the edge of said flooring terminating adjacent to the inner face of the wall sheathing.

5. In car construction, an underframe side sill member provided with a wide integral upwardly projecting combined riveting flange and Wall sheathing engaging member. 6..In car construction, the combination with a sill member having a wide upstanding flange formed integral at its upper outer corner, of-wall members, the lower one of which is thinner than the upper ones and bears directly on the sill member against the upstanding flange thereof, the outer faces of said sill member and the flange thereon and the outer faces of the wall members above the narrow lower member occupying the same vertical plane.

7. In car construction, an underframe side sill member provided with an integral upwardly projecting wall sheathing engaging member, a portion of which last mentioned member is bent downward into a substantially horizontal plane and serves as a support for the extended ends of the car flooring boards.

8. In car construction, the combination with a sill member having an up-standing flange at its upper outer corner, of flooring.

supported by the upper portion of said sill member, wall sheathing, the lower portion of which is positioned between the flooring and the-up-stan'ding flange, and a portion of whichflangeis bent into a substantially horizontal plane to form a support for an extended portion of the flooring.

9. In car construction, the combination with a sill member having an up-standing flange formed at its upper outer corner, wall sheathing, the lower portion of which is supported by said sill member and bears against the up-standing flange thereupon, a portion of which up-standing flange is bent into a substantially horizontal plane, and flooring supported by said sill member and side sill memberprovided with an integral upwardly projecting wall sheathing engaging member, a portion of which member is bent out of its normal plane to form a support for the'extended ends of the car flooring boards.

11. In car construction, an underframe side sill member comprising a beam which is channel shape in cross sectlon, a wide vertically disposed flange formed integral with the upper outer corner of said beam, said flange occupying substantially the same vertical plane with the web of the beam wall sheathing, the lower member of Which rests on the side sill and bears againstthe wide vertically disposed flange, and side posts and side braces, the lower portions of which are riveted to the sill member and to the vertically disposed flange.

12. In car construction an underframe side sill member provided with an integral upwardly projecting wall sheathing engaging member and with a horizontally disposed flange which is adapted to serve as a support for the extended ends of the car flooring boards said upwardly projecting member serving as a riveting flange for the lower portions of the car, side posts and side braces.

13. In car construction, an underframe side sill member having integral portions which are adapted to engage the car wall sheathing, and an integral outwardly projecting portion which serves as a support for the extended ends of the car flooring boards.

14. In car construction, the combination with a sill member having a wide upstanding-flange formed integral at its upper outer corner, wall sheathing, the lower member of which is thinner than the upper members and bears on said sill member against the upstanding flange thereon, car flooring supported by said sill member, the edge of which flooring terminates adjacent to the inner face of the lower wall member and side framing members bearing directly against the outer faces of the sill member, the upstanding flange thereon and the upper wall members thelower portions of which side framing members are rigidly fixed to the sill member and the upstanding flange thereon.

15. In car construction, the combination with a sill member having a wide upstanding flange formed integral at its upper outer corner, wall sheathing, the lower member of which is thinner than the upper members and bears on said sill member against the upstanding flange thereon, car flooring supported by said sill member, the edge of which flooring terminates adjacent to the inner face of the lower wall members, side framing members bearing the outer faces of the sil member, the upstanding flange thereon and the up er wall directly against emme signature in the resence of two witnesses, the first day of ovember, i915.

WILIAM J. BOA.

Witnesses OSCAR Hoonsmno, RODNEY BEDELL. 

